Hassler M
University of Tübingen, Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, FRG.
Int J Neurosci. 1991 Jan-Feb;56(1-4):25-38. doi: 10.3109/00207459108985404.
Musical composers, instrumentalists, and painters were compared with nonmusicians from a student and from an nonstudent population on testosterone levels in saliva. This steroid served as a marker for physiological androgyny. The ANOVA showed a significant group by sex interaction. Male composers attained significantly lower mean testosterone values than male instrumentalists and male nonmusicians; female composers had significantly higher mean testosterone values than female instrumentalists and female nonmusicians. Painters of both sexes did not differ significantly from controls. Spatial ability was assessed in the five groups. Significant differences on spatial test performance were not reflected in differences on salivary testosterone. Our results showed that musical composers of both sexes were physiologically highly androgynous. Creative musical behavior was associated with testosterone levels that minimized sex differences.
研究人员对比了音乐作曲家、乐器演奏者、画家与来自学生群体和非学生群体的非音乐家的唾液睾酮水平。这种类固醇作为生理上雌雄同体的一个标志。方差分析显示出显著的性别×群体交互作用。男性作曲者的平均睾酮值显著低于男性乐器演奏者和男性非音乐家；女性作曲者的平均睾酮值显著高于女性乐器演奏者和女性非音乐家。男女画家与对照组相比无显著差异。研究人员评估了这五组人群的空间能力。空间测试表现上的显著差异并未体现在唾液睾酮水平差异上。我们的研究结果表明，男女音乐作曲家在生理上高度雌雄同体。创造性的音乐行为与使性别差异最小化的睾酮水平相关。
